Tom: Gm
Intro: Gm // F Bb /// Cm /// Gm ///}
Gm
My mother came to Hazard when I was just seven
Bb
Even then then folks in town said with prejudiced eyes
C
That boy's not right
Gm
Three years ago when I came to know Mary
Bb
First time that someone look beyond the rumours and the lies
C
And saw the man inside
{c:Chorus 1}
Eb Bb
We used to walk down by the river
Eb Gm
She loves to watch the sun go down
Eb Bb Gm
We used to walk along the ri.... ver
F Eb Gm
And dream our way out of this town
{c:Play intro}
Gm
No one understood what I felt for Mary
Bb
No one cared until the night she went out walking all alone
C
And never came home
Gm
Man with the badge came knocking next morning
Bb
Here was I surrounded by a thousand fingers suddenly
C
Pointing right at me
{c:Chorus 2}
Eb Bb
I swear I left her by the river
Eb Gm
I swear I left her safe and sound
Eb Bb Gm
I need to make it to the ri.... ver
F Gm
And leave this [Eb]old Nebraska town
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{c:Bridge}
F Eb
Thinking about my life going by
Bb
How it's done me wrong
F Eb
There's no escape for me this time
Bb F Gm
All of my rescue are gone, long gone
{c:Guitar Break}
{c:Chorus 2}
{c:(Fade to end...)}